Shipping-can



Patented Dec. 5, 18 82.

T. MASON.

SHIPPING CAN.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

EDWABD T. MASON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHIPPING-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,422, dated December 5, 1882.

I. Application filed Apri118,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. MASON, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention-relates to the construction of. the protecting'jackets of shipping-cans. By its use the jackets are rendered very durable and firm and many objections pertaining to this part of the can are obviated. The nature of the construction truly and fully appears in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is an exterior view of a can provided with my new jacket. Fig. 2 is a vertical seclion of the jacket, exposing the same upon the lines y y of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section upon the line a: w of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is an exterior view, partly broken away, showing the direction of the fiber in the ditferent parts of the jacket.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the can. The jacket consists of two exterior horizontal fiber hoops or hands, B and B, the former at the top and the latter at the bottom, and two. interior vertical fiber-sections, O G, all secured together by proper fastenings. These l'astenings are the vertical sheet-metal strips D, bent under the band B and over the section 0, and the nails 01 passing through said hands into the section O.- As will be noticed,

the nails (1 are located at intervals around the By the above construction the various parts of the jacket made of wood are either left free to shrink, or, if theydo shrink, are not injured thereby. Thus the horizontal bands, being fastened at one edge only, may shrink to any extent without afiecting their usefulness or exposing the can, while the vertical sections, it not free to shrink without splitting, are at least so covered by the horizontal bands that the shrinkage can take place without detriment. I sometimes'secure the vertical sections at center of end only, so that they, like the bands,

may also contract without splitting.

My improved protection for cans may be fitted so snugly to the can as to remain in place without the use of special devices for securing it thereon; or holding-pieces m, of sheet metal, secured in the jacket and bent over the peen of the can, or equivalent devices, may be employed for that purpose. be bentover similarly to the pieces in and serve in their stead. The strips D are located be tween the vertical and horizontal parts of the jacket, whereby they are protected from abra- S1011. broad as to nearly or entirely cover the exterior of the can. This is an advantage to the merchant who fills and ships them, as it enables him to utilize a large surface for marking or labeling.

I claim-- The improved jacket for shipping-cans, consisting of the exterior horizontal fiber-wood bands, B B, and the interior vertical fiber-wood sections, 0, secured together by the vertical strips D and fastenings located at the upper edge of the upper band and the lower edge of the under band, substantially as specified.

' EDWARD T. MASON.

Witnesses: I 1

.H. M. MUNDAY,

T. EVERETT BROWN.

The strips I) may The horizontal sections B and B are so 

